Brendan Bell was born March 31, 1983 in Ottawa, Ontario. The third round, 65th overall selection of the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, Bell is a graduate of the OHL's Ottawa 67's.

An offensive defenseman, Bell played four seasons with the 67's registering 171 points (32-139-171) while earning OHL First All-Star Team honours (2003), CHL First All-Star Team honours (2003) and CHL Defenseman of the Year honours (2003).

A member of Canada's silver medal winning World Junior team in 2004, Bell went on to make his professional debut with the AHL's St. John's Maple Leafs in 2003-04 and over the course of the next three seasons consistently saw his offensive numbers increase, impressing the Maple Leaf brass enough to earn his first start with the big club in the latter stages of the 2005-06 season.

In the 2006-07 season Bell was used periodically in 31 games with the Leafs after three full seasons in the AHL. At the NHL trade deadline, Bell's tenure with the Leafs came to an end as he was dealt to the Phoenix Coyotes in exchange for Yanic Perreault. The following season Bell would spend most of his time with the Coyotes' AHL affiliate in San Antonio and see action in a pair of NHL games. The Coyotes opted not to re-sign the unrestricted free agent, as a result Bell signed with the Ottawa Senators.

Following 63 games for the Senators in 2008-09, Bell was once again a free agent, this time he chose to sign with the St. Louis Blues, though he would spend less than one season with the club before being shipped to the Columbus Blue Jackets as part of a three player trade.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1998-99

Ottawa Jr. Senators

ON-Jr.A

54

7

20

27

46

1999-00

Ottawa 67's

OHL

48

1

32

33

34

+22

5

0

1

1

4

1999-00

Canada

U-18

3

0

0

0

2

2000-01

Ottawa 67's

OHL

68

7

32

39

59

0

20

1

11

12

22

2001-02

Ottawa 67's

OHL

67

10

36

46

56

+33

13

2

5

7

25

2002-03

Ottawa 67's

OHL

55

14

39

53

46

+50

23

8

19

27

25

2002-03

Canada

WJC-A

6

1

1

2

6

-1

2003-04

St. John's Maple Leafs

AHL

74

7

18

25

72

-19

2004-05

St. John's Maple Leafs

AHL

75

6

25

31

57

-15

5

0

1

1

2

2005-06

Toronto Maple Leafs

NHL

1

0

0

0

0

0

2005-06

Toronto Marlies

AHL

70

6

37

43

99

-1

5

0

4

4

10

2006-07

Toronto Maple Leafs

NHL

31

1

4

5

19

-3

2006-07

Phoenix Coyotes

NHL

14

0

2

2

8

-8

2007-08

Phoenix Coyotes

NHL

2

0

0

0

0

-2

2007-08

San Antonio Rampage

AHL

69

7

24

31

80

+8

7

2

5

7

10

2008-09

Ottawa Senators

NHL

53

6

15

21

24

-5

2008-09

Binghamton Senators

AHL

15

6

9

15

12

-5

2009-10

Peoria Rivermen

AHL

22

4

13

17

26

-9

2009-10

Syracuse Crunch

AHL

49

10

25

35

30

-18

2010-11

Avangard Omsk Region

KHL

1

0

2

2

0

2010-11

EHC Biel-Bienne

Swiss

29

2

9

11

14

6

0

4

4

10

2011-12

New York Rangers

NHL

1

0

0

0

0

-1

2011-12

Connecticut Whale

AHL

65

7

26

33

68

-10

5

0

1

1

4

2012-13

Frolunda HC Goteborg

Sweden

21

1

9

10

8

6

1

0

1

6

2013-14

EHC Biel-Bienne

Swiss

45

4

13

17

28

2

0

0

0

4

2014-15

Norfolk Admirals

AHL

47

1

22

23

20

-8

2014-15

Ottawa 67's

OHL

62

22

17

39

63

-9

6

1

7

8

9

2014-15

Chicago Wolves

AHL

17

1

9

10

6

+7

5

0

2

2

2

2015-16

HC Bolzano

Austria

12

3

5

8

8

1

0

0

0

0

NHL Totals

102

7

21

28

51

OCJHL All-Rookie Team (1999) OCJHL - Rookie of the Year (1999) OHL First All-Star Team (2003) Canadian Major Junior First All-Star Team (2003) Canadian Major Junior Defenseman of the Year (2003)

Traded to Phoenix by Toronto with Toronto's 2nd round pick (later traded to Nashville - Nashville selected Roman Josi) in 2008 NHL Draft for Yanic Perreault and Phoenix's 5th round pick (Joel Champagne) in 2008 NHL Draft, February 27, 2007. Signed as a free agent by Ottawa, July 11, 2008. Signed as a free agent by St. Louis, July 31, 2009. Traded to Columbus by St. Louis with Tomas Kana for Pascal Pelletier, December 8, 2009. Signed as a free agent by Omsk (KHL), May 20, 2010. Signed as a free agent by Biel-Bienne (Swiss), October 24, 2010. Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, August 9, 2011. Signed as a free agent by Frolunda (Sweden), December 13, 2012.